Business-Speak at The Apprentice #1
Following hot on the heels of The 10 Worst Business Phrases of All Time and The 8 Worst Written Business Phrases of All Time, we begin a new series on The Apprentice, focusing mainly on the contenders’ communication skills. Series 7 is under way. The first episode on the current series was shown on 10 May. Catch up on the first two episodes of The Apprentice. Then, come back and join...
Read MoreBookCamp Launch FAQs
Since we started to tentatively promote the launch of BookCamp for March 2011, people have asked for more juicy details. Let me oblige. Is there a booklist? In an attempt to make the choice of books objective and contemporary, I’ve decided to select from the New York Times Business Best Sellers list. That way, BookCamp doesn’t collapse into a “let’s all study the books...
Read MoreMeetings: Stand and Deliver
Today, I’m working through our Radical Time Management workshop with a group of business owners who have signed up to QUB’s CPD programme. One aspect of today will be to discuss how to decide whether a meeting is really necessary, how to get out of meetings, delegate someone to go in your place. However, should it arise that a meeting is entirely necessary, then here are the...
Read MoreRadical Time Management
Notes and checklists, calendars and appointment books, project timetables and reminder systems – should managing time require so much… time? And once the training session is over, how many of these tools do we actually employ to effect in our working lives? Workshop takes place this Wednesday, two places remaining. Statistics tell a grim tale: most Time Management training is...
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